Wenger – Arsenal are still in the title race
Having seen his Arsenal team finally win three League matches in a row, Arsene Wenger firmly believes that the Gunners could easily catch up with Man United at the top of the League if they could how a little more consistency.
Wenger said: “It is down to consistency,”
“Christmas showed us that Chelsea and Manchester City are not out of reach. The team that is consistent with their results will get there.
“Man United don’t look out of reach if you look at the way the games go. But again they manage to win at home in the last minute. They have the quality to score goals but they do concede so it is open. But at the moment they are the most consistent.”
Although Arsenal only beat Wigan last week by a single penalty, Wenger was very pleased with the commitment shown by the team. He continued: “It was an important three points because they [Wigan] came into the game on the back of an important win at Reading. For us to have two away wins just before playing at home over Christmas was vital.
“We were less impressive than we had been at Reading going forward but we were well organised and disciplined. So it was good to get the three points with this type of performance.
“We have built a team who showed fantastic promise at the start but have stuttered a little bit. Now there is a block of unity and understanding. They know the way to play. That can give us the consistency between January and May.”
Arsenal are currently in 7th place but with a game in hand on most teams above us. If we are going to really challenge for the title we really need to win our next few games first! Bring on Newcastle!
Buy some quality players before talking about the title mr wenger
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wenger .. buy gotze or yann mvilla
a striker like falcao or cavani
then we’ll be champions
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Given the form manu and mcfc are in right now, we may stand a chance IF we win all of the games for the rest of the season, and manu and mcfc slip up a bit.
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Oh Come On wenger, get real…lets just beat Newcastle
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sneijder is an “exceptional” player who is available this transfer window.Wenger plz buy him,push cazorla out wide with sneijder as the no10.Arsenal would be devastating with sneijder and cazorla on the pitch together killing teams
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Translation: Arsenal will not buy in January.
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To be realistic the title is within our reach Wenger, we need a “big black dude” in mid field, wish you would have bought Nzonzi, we also need a ruthless striker!
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honestly if we can win six or seven EPL games in a row counting now. then we wil have a chance but for now we sud not b talkin about the title to will win bak to bak games and strongly too
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abit delusional dont you think?
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Wenger in january
“we have diaby and rosicky coming back in few weeks and they would be like new signing. i have got mr.x from french league and he is a top,top,top player. we also have santos and ramsey to cover places. we will promote some younsters. though walcott left we have chamkh and gervinho who would be like henry in february. so i have a hugh and quality squad with exceptional players. we can win our 3rd priority trophy by coming 4th.”
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Mr Wenger, Mr wenger … don’t know what to tell you anymore, except that you are in another planet.
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since fans here just want to see big name and spending…
why not just spend everything…pay the 205million required for messi release…offer 460k per week
that will shut all the fifa 2013 fans quiet….
but wait…if messi cant settle down, cant score or assist or one bad tackle and gets injured for months…
fifa 2013 fans will be looking forward to Portsmouth clash
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Wenger is a dreamer…….he is not going to make it into a fourth place with this team…….he better accept the truth and buy some quality top players….winning against mid table teams through penalties says a lot about this arsenal team…….Smarten up Wenger and stop this PR…..this team lacks a lot…..spend some F@%& money and reward the fans
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Shut up Wenger…!!!
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I think we can be in the title race, but only if we buy quality in Jan. If Wenger has 35 mil to spend in Jan then he must go out and buy Fellaini and Jovetic. Their combined price should be around 35 but maybe because of demand it might hike up to 40, which can also be compensated by the sales of Chamakh, Arshavin and Squillaci. Also Santos must be sold and Luke Shaw can be his replacement.
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arsene why u always give us false hope. u never keep best players and never sign world class players for the past few seasons who can win games and look for average players on big wages. i have always been a huge supporter of mr wenger but its time for a change and new a new manager who can bring the glory days back.
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Do they carry out random drug tests out on managers as well?
This idiot is an obvious candidate. Get your next fix and f**k off!
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abou diaby is the key to our success
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Wenger do not mention Wigan win because it was luck and not good football. Infarct Wigan played better.
Why inconsistency in the team? The team lacks quality and winning is lack. If Wenger keeps dreaming he will be surprised to miss even top 5 finish. Everton, Sunderland and West Ham are fighting hard. Even the so called bottom Norwich are an upcoming force.
Next week we want to know which quality players Wenger has signed if not let him go.We keep on blaming the board but now Wenger has the money.
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Can some one please wake me up when either Wenger steps down or is finally sacked,whichever comes first (to be honest I would prefer the latter).
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@fullybloodedgooner. Sniejder is not better than Jack apart from his experience. After Xavi, Pilo, the next man on the list is Jack.
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Is it true about arda turan? He’s much better then jelly legs.
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Read what the man says. He says Man City and Chelsea are not out of reach. He also says that Man U are in great form and taking their chances. But if we are consistent we can catch Man C and Chelsea. I think if I’m correct Wenger is saying unless Man U slip up the title is theirs.
Have some faith. We probably won’t buy much in Jan because not a lot of good players are available. But Wenger is building the bass for a very very good team. We are probably 3 players away. I know seven years is a long time. But have faith. It will happen. And when it does (next season) we’ll be on a roll for at least the next 3 seasons.
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this is what old age means!!!!
wenger if you dont buy a DM then diaby will again get injured becuase of over playing. buy diame thts it
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WENGER IS A DREAMER…EVERY YEAR THE SAME SHIIT…AT THE END THE RESULT THE SAME….NOTHING IN THE TROPHEE CABINET …
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People who actually think Wenger believes Arsenal are still in the title race have got to be kidding themselves. Wenger is an intelligent coach who would say such things to alleviate the pressure from his squad and in turn instill more confidence in them. We could be playing Real Madrid, Barca and Bayern in the same league and Wenger would still say the same. It’s kind of demoralizing for the players if the manager were to just straight out say, “we have no chance!” So whilst people blast Wenger for not spending and telling him to shut up, maybe they should learn a thing or two about actually managing human resources.
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….3 wins and we already see excuses for not buying players…’we will only buy exceptional players’ and we’re going to win the EPL and CL. Hahaha
….well what about all the other seasons when we sold exceptional players like RVP to our rivals brining in cheap or free players like squid who does not even make it to the bench.
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Lol…man u still trying to buy more quality player…
Lewandowski..but us..we are very great with
Rumours only….rich club but poor perfomance..wenger and all the board are pure lier..7 season…I cant handle this anymore….heartbroken every season..losing our best player…club has no ambition at all…really2 sad..:(
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Ad story of arsenal ….until 2004 arsenal were the best club in London ….slowly chelsea overtook us ….now spurs are started showing ambition and are playing with determination …..avb is doing well …..you need to prais spurs because they r working hard …i know i will get thumbs down …but thats the truth dont be suprised if spurs finish above us ………..iam very sad …
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Wenger wat r u sniffing dats shit is really messing u up
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delusions of grandure
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We a,e not asking for messi,Cristiano,..what we are asking for is just tiote/diame,llorente and dats it(at least for the winter..we dont need a winger to replace theo,yes we av got chambo though a backup will do.
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Imagine if Wenger was a president of a country with no democracy. He would not build democracy in the country instead he would sell the little democracy available.
He would be worse than SADDAM HUSSEIN
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Wenger is dillusional…….Please Mr. wenger wake up…..wake up from that deep sleep……..can’t the man hear what everyone is saying….this Arsenal team is not good enough……i predict Mr Wenger will be sacked at the end of the season……..the board needs an escapegoat
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Wenger sounds insane. Inconsistent team, lacking a ruthless right footed striker, a strong defensive midfielder 2 shield Par, and a play-maker 2 challenge 4 EPL title?
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Arsenal need to win many games in a row to even get in the running. But how to regain consistency?
Quiz: In early Feb last season Wenger made one simple but effective move after which Arsenal went from inconsistent to winning 7 BPL games in a row?
Answer: He replaced Ramsey with Rosicky as a starter in all 7 games. You be the judge.
Oh by the way: Later that season Arteta was injured and Wenger put Ramsey back in as a starter and the shaky performances returned. You can’t make this stuff up.
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y always buy buy buy…? talk something realistic guys.. Our needs are just a cover for Gibbs.. if Wenger has lost hopes on Diaby he may get a DM.. Wenger wont bring a striker outside PL in Jan.. so signing of Demba ba may be possible.. If Ba comes in Walcott will definitely leave.. Walcott is waiting for tat.. even if Walcott goes out we have some quality youngsters waitin for their chances to play in first team..
summing up..
LB Possible
DM if Diaby cant help
ST Wenger waiting for Walcott(on contract)
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@mohawk35: About your information on replacing Ramsey,
The same thing sort of thing happened this season also. After much inconsistency and losing to Bradford, Wenger replaced Ramsey and Arsenal have won 3 league games in a row for the first time this season. Could be coincidence, but I don’t believe so.
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I notice that some fans believe Arsenal will spend on January transfers and some fans think that is just delusional.
What I know is…… None of us have a stinking clue as to whether Arsenal will spend big, little, or not at all in January. (Except Leo, of course)
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Wenger is looking more and more stupid by making these type of comments, There is now way we will be in the top 2 never mind in the race for the title !!!!! Wenger spend more time looking to bring in world class players not cheap may be’s !!!!
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We are already 16 points off Manure. Thats 5 wins and a draw for us and them losing 6 games just to get even! Its NOT going to happen.
Top 4 finish is still possible but ONLY with some ‘exceptional quality ‘ signings in January.
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Exactly, arsenal are still in the title race for 3rd/4th position!!
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of course he didn’t say they were in the title race. But that isn’t headline grabbing enough for you guys. what he said was if we can get a consistent run who knows as united and city are beatable. simple enough. He didn’t say i believe we will win the league. He said what all optimistic fans who can do maths would say. if united lose 3 games in a row or 3 in 5 and arsenal win all five then they will be level o points with arsenal. and based on how they have played against Swansea and Newcastle you can just feel a loss is coming. city have been figured out as Reading and sunderland played the exact same way and stifled them to death. they dropped 4 points in the last 2 games.
Arsene Wenger is the only manager in the world who would say something intelligent and well thought out and still entertain abuse from everybody.
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@ Rasta
“if united lose 3 games in a row or 3 in 5 and arsenal win all five then they will be level o points with arsenal”
Ummm how is that then???
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What else is he going to say???
That’s just courteous and may be keep ( or fool the die hard Wenger supporters) the fans some how and in a cinical way, happy…!!
Do you really think Ferguson will let the title slip away ( may be to Man City ) ??? This is not Wenger we are talking about… Ferguson always learns his lessons and do his homework…
Arsenal still in the title?? 16 points or so behind… Wenger had lost the plot… HE IS REALLY DELUDED AND NEEDS TO GO.
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I think all optimistic fans who can do basic maths would say that United would have to lose SIX in a row and Arsenal to win their next 6 in a row just to put us on 48 and them on 46.
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Then go get David villa
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It was one of the most ridiculous statements I heard when Wenger first said it, to hear it again now is complete and utter insanity! Talk is cheap, winning wins trophies and we nearly lose to villa who are everyone else’s whipping boys.
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Is this man a joker or a w###er? U have the most inconsistent team in the whole with inferior players n still optimistic about winning the EPL? Come Usmonov come save our Arsenal.
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@lifesagunner.
united have played a game more than arsenal and have 16 points. We assume the next 6 games for arsenal would happen as united play only 5. so if i assume arsenal beat west ham then its 13 points. so if united lose 3 and draw 2 they drop 13 points. if Arsenal win all 5 they gain 15 points. Thats how i came up with that. i know its simple math but judging by your comments I’m not surprised simple maths trip you up. all you need in a league is a streak to define your season.
btw in 2003 Arsenal lead united with 12 points with 10 games to go. you wanna figure out how the season ended? united won the league by 4 points. I’m pretty sure the moral of that story is the crux of the point wenger was trying to make.
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@terry norman
That kind of reasoning is what is ridiculous. because Villa had a rough 4 days they are whipping boys, but u neglect the fact that they beat liverpool 3-1 before christmas and almost beat united in november. its like saying City is useless because they almost lost to reading who arsenal beat mercilessly or united are useless because they cannot beat swansea and qpr and southampton convincingly.
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First of all, Sign @least 3 quality players next month & win 10 PL games in a row. Then I might agree we have a shot @ the title..
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is there any other fan base in the world that mocks their manager when he says his team can still win the title.i remember when steve clarke said West Brom fans can start to dream about europe in october. The atmosphere at the hawthorns the next game was immense. The belief is what has wba 5th in the league still.
That speaks more about the kind of people arsenal fans are than the team to be frank. If the fans can’t even feign belief why should the players try for a set of fans who have already written them off.
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Alooooot of fifa career mode fans here. U don’t just flash money. And expect big players to come. These r NEGOTIATIONS BTWEEN HUMAN BEINGS. Not video game junkies and Artificial Intelegance.
Oh and admin plz sort the spelling mistakes in these articles. Its becoming increasingly regular. Use spell check plz.
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@ Rasts
Sorry but thats not what you typed at all.
And your clarification just emphasises how slim our hopes are to chatch them.
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@bouba
the same ferguson who cocked up a title after going 8 points ahead with 6 games to go, even after mancini all but admitted his team couldn’t win the league. do you know how hard that is to do. if united had won half those games they would have won the league. they had the easier fixtures too. city still had to play arsenal chelsea and united.
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@life
i said if united lost 3 out of 5. its what i calculated for you. if they lose 3 they drop 9 points. 13-9= 4. i didn’t say they would win the remaining 2. they cud draw them as they have some big games coming up. which would be realistic. so draw 2 would be 4 points dropped. you said 16 points without acknowledging arsenal have a game in hand which if they get a run of momentum like they did last season could easily win. so a 6 game winning streak in that time would mean 18 points. united have 46 now and arsenal have 30. if my hypothesis actually happened which is unlikely they would be level on points as early as january 28th.
its sad that i had to do basic arithmetic in its entirety for you to understand this.
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how are they slim. its like you don’t even follow the same league. stoke has the best defence in Europe. Think about that stuff. Westbrom is 5th. Norwich beat both united and arsenal in the same month. sunderland beat city in their first and last away games of this year. United has conceded 2 or more goals in 11 of their 18 games this season and it includes games against southampton Reading and Villa. 3 of the bottom 5. reading almost heroically grabbed a point from etihad and newcastle are 13th. Anything goes this year man and what wenger was saying is true. if anyone of the teams above us go on a tottenham style run of last season and we remain consistent we have a shot. remember spurs were 13 points ahead of us at this time last season. how did that end?
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@ Rasta
Nice backtracking – you should be in politics!
I’ll quote you again:
“if united lose 3 games in a row OR 3 in 5 and arsenal win all five then they will be level o points with arsenal”
For the record I am a Wenger fan and I agree he has to support his players and give them hope, but sometimes people have to take more care how they word things to avoid embarrassment.
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close the gap b4 talking about title
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@lifeisagunner
what are you trying to contradict. i said if united lose 3 games in a row or 3 in 5. i just explained that. if united lose 3 in a row and arsenal win their next four they would be 4 points behind. then i said 3 in 5 to round it up to arrive at the ideal situation arsenal would be level on points.
Seems both Math and English trip you up. Sad that.
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Haha. The only team with an unassailable lead is the team we’ve just sold our best player to. You cant help but think that if We had RVP and they didn’t, then the gap would be much closer than it is. We ain’t in the title race, but with a bit of investment in January who knows! but at this moment in time we are way off. It’s just another excuse not to spend. Wake up guys, we’ve been woeful over past 8 weeks, absolutely woeful. Its going to take more than offering Theo a new contract and a starting position up top for us to start to challenge.
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SAME SHIT DIFFERENT DAY!
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Good to see the keyboard warriors out in full force. While it might be a long shot, the keyboard warriors should actually reread what he is saying, it makes a whole lot if sense, maybe not so for the simpletons.
Go back to the 97-98 season Man U were 12 points ahead on top, before the Gunners came home and won the EPL. The have been similar scenariorios in the past.
Most of you clowns probably jumped on the bandwagon around this time. Wenger has the experience and knowledge to make such a statement.
So please STFU!
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S.H…listen to what u say makes me think that wenger is coaching a school boy team not a profesional football team….they are grown man…there is no need to show up and say that we have no chance becaos its abvious to see that we dont….all he needs to do is keep his mouth shut and improve this team or gett fu§%$§ out of the way bec its almost 8 years without a trophy and things are getting kinda pathetic…3 lucky wins and the old man gets cocky ….and s.H i think football is not ur thing buddy try minesweeper instead…u can calculate and use resurces i think u are gonna like what a troll…..
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who can realisticialy see man u lose 6 games from now to the end of the season .i for one cant.can you
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People forget about the psychology in sport..
How else is AW going to motivate his mediocre team for the battle to gain a top 4 spot..
Have you heard how if you aim for the top and don’t quite make it then hopefully you will be somewhere near???
AW isn’t stupid.. although he realistically knows we have no chance of the league, it isn’t out of our capacity to finish second or 3rd IF and its a big IF we can actually win say 10 out of the next 15 to put us in with a shout..
We do need a player or 2 to help us along but I doubt if this will happen..
I think we will hear AW come out at the end of January (depending on where we are currently positioned) saying ” We now have to focus on doing well in Europe and trying to finish as high as possible”
We all agree that CL elimination is a certainty, therefore top 4 will be our main aim..
But hope springs eternal..
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@rasta
I took Villa as a case in point, I could have mentioned Norwich, Swansea, Sunderland and a few more. And these are what I would call the ‘little’ teams. When we played united they were so far in front of us it was embarrassing, like it or not, these are the facts!
If you think this arsenal team has ANY chance of winning the league then I’m afraid you are as blind, blinkered and deluded as Mr Wenger.
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@fletch
A couple of points mate.
Firstly, you’re right 97/98 Man U were ahead of us and we came home. The BIG difference between now and then is that then we had a number of class, even world class, players, a defence that knew how to defend and we were consistent. Today we have nothing of the sort. This isn’t from someone who sits behind a keyboard, this is from someone who actually goes to the games.
Secondly, Wengers comments might make more sense if we were competitive. In the last 7/8 years our competitiveness has diminished year after year. As I’ve said previously talk is cheap, winning wins trophies and, to me, all this talk about Arsenal winning the title is “cheap talk”.
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To win the PL is not possible for now. Add some hot blood in the team so we can be in top 4 !
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Maybe its high time Wenger should be told to just shut up! He wins 3 games with soft penalties then he thinks he can win EPL? Buy quality players that will spend years and years @ Emirates! Win games convincingly! Don’t wait till the last moment before a player’s contract is renewed!
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@Rasta.
why should fans feign belief.What an ignorant question.
Is it ok for the whole club to feign belief?
Have you ever thought that Wenger and the board have been doing just that for the last 7 years?
You really need some football perspective geeze.
We are all fans but what have you been watching for the last 7 seasons?
It takes a special kind of denial to ignore your own eyes and ears man.
We played Man Utd already and all we got was RVP’s united shirt at half time.
No one is unbeatable but neither are we…does Bradford ring any bells?
Wenger is still in a job because fans like you are still indulging him.
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Wenger once again talking out of his a$$. He is really an embarrassment.
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